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SfORRISTOWN,  TJjfU&f: 

FEINTED  BY  WYLIE  <fc  CRAIG. 

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PRESIDENT'S   REPORT. 


Office  of  0.-  C.  G.  &  C.  It.  11.  Co.      ) 
,  Moeeistown,  June  13,  1857.  J 

To  the  Stockholders  of  said  Company : — Gentlemen  : 

Wo  have  thought  it  expedient  and  right^aiid  conditions  mentioned  in  the  Apt,  which 
to  present  you  with  a  full  and  detailed  his-ithis  is  intended  to  amend,  but  to  the  extent 
tory  of  your  Road  from  its  inception  to^of  ten  thousand  dollars,  instead  of  eight 
tho  present  time,    the  means  of  construct-) thousand,  per  mile. 

fag  it,  the  naturo  and  character  of  the^  Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted  That,  the 
country  through  which  it  will  pass,  its  ad  ^Bonds  of  the  State  shall  issue  to  the  Corn- 
vantages  in  promoting  tho  business  and  de->pasies  mentioned  in  tho  first  section  of 
veloping  the  resources  of  East  Tennessee,^this  Act,  and  the  tenth  and  nineteenth  see- 
the character  of  the  Road  for  a  safe  andHums  of  that  which  this  is  intended  to 
profitable  investment,  the  necessity  for  sucloamend,  for  each  bridge  that  said  Compa- 
a  Road  and  its  bearing  upon  the  Commerces  or  either  of  them  may  have  to  build  in 
cial  and  social  relations  of  the  North  ancPEast,  Middle  and  West  Tennessee,  across 
South.  5tHe  Holston,  Clinch,  Big  Hatchee,  Tennes- 

Your  Road  was  Chartered  by  an  ;\ct  of^ee  and  Cumberland  rivers,  for  the  maxi- 
the  Legislature  of  Tennessee  Nov.  18,  1853,Wvm  sum  that  bonds  are  provided  to  bo 
with  as  liberal  provisions  of  Incorporationpsued  to  the  East  Tennessee  and  Georgia 
as  those  granted  to  any  Rail-road  in.  the^Rail-road  by  an  Act  passed  Feb.  4,  1852, 
State,  establishing  only  three  points  of  loOentitled  an  Act  to  aid  in  the  completion  of 
cation,  termini  at  Cumberland  Gap  ancV'thc  East  Tennessee  ana  Georgia  Railroad 
Paint  Rock,  and  an  intermediate  point  at^Company,  and  upon  the  terms  and  condi- 
Morristown,  on  the  line  of  the  East  Ten-  tions  mentioned  in  said  Act  except  the 
j  T7-     •   ■    t>  -i         t  psecond  section  ;  and  also  the  fifth  and  sixth 

nessce  and  V  lrginia  Kan-road.  \      .-     „  „P        \   .  -,    v  ,     na     1Cko 

to  ^sections  ot  an  Act  passed    ieb.  2b,    1852., 

During  the  Session  of  the  General  As-Jentit]e(j  an  Act  to  charter  the  Chattanooga, 
Kembly  of  your  State  in  which  the  Char->Blue  Spring  and  Cleveland  Rail-road  Con/- 
ter  for  your  Road  was  granted  (1853-4)  a^pany,  and  for  other  purposes,  and  said 
liberal  appropriation  was  made  to  it  by^bonds  shall  be  included  in  the  aggregate 
an  Act  passed  Nov.  8,  1854,  entitled  an^amount  of  stock  raised  by  said  Rail-road 
Act  to  amend  an  Act  passed  Feb.  11,  1852,^Companies  in  tho  same  manner,  that  the 
to  establish  a  system  of  Internal  Improve-^thrce  hundred  thousand  dollars  of  Bonds 
ments  in  this  State.  Tho  following  is  the^loaned  to  the  East  Tennessee  &  Virginia 
■material  part  of  said  Act.  ^Rail-r<\ad  Company,  under  an   Act  passed 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  general  As-;January  15,  1852,  to  enable  said  Company 
sembly  of  the  State  of  Tennessee,  that  theHo  build  Bridges,  are  provided  to  be  in- 
Bonds  of  the  State  shall  issue  to  the  Com-Muded  in  the  aggregate  amount  of  Stock 
panics  mentioned  in  the  first,  tenth  and)to  be  raised  by  the  East  Tennessee  & 
nineteenth  sections  of  the  Act,  which  thiss Virginia  Rail-road  Company, 
ss  intended  to  amend,  and  also  to  the  Edge-^  The  provisions  of  the  above  Acts  appro- 
field  and  Kentucky  Rail-road  Company,;prialing  State  Bonds  to  the  East  Tennessee 
Central  Southern  Rail-road  Company^and  Georgia  Rail-road  for  Bridge  purposes, 
Knoxville  and  Charleston  Rail-road  Command  which  is  amended  bv  the  above  gon- 
pany,  Mississippi  Central  and  Tennessee^eral  Internal  Improvement  Act,  granting 
Rail-read  Company,  Knoxville  and  Ken->to  your  Road  the  same  aid  for  the  bridges 
tucky  Rail-road  Company,  Tennessee  Wes-^across  the  Clinch  and  Holston  Rivers,  that 
tern  and  Charleston  Rail- road  Company, jis  provided  by  said.  Acts  to  the  East  Tej3- 
and  Cincinnati  Cumberland  Gap,  and  Char-^nessee  and  Georgia  Rail-road  are  as  fo,l~ 
Itston  Rail-road  Company,  upon  the  terms^lows ; 


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ItALL-EOAD    REPORT. 


Sec.  I.  Bo  it  enacted  by  the  General; been  fully  completed,  the  Governor  shall 
Assembly  of  the  State  of  Tennessee  That,c,issue  the  remainder  of  said  bonds,  but  in 
for  the  purpose  of  aiding  in  the  completion(no  event  shall  more  than  one  hundred 
of  the  East  Tennessee  and  Georgia  Rail- ^thousand  dollars  in  bonds  be  issued  for 
road,  so   soon   as  the   Governor  may   be  (said  work. 

satisfied  that  a  good  substantial  and  permao  Sec.  6.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  said 
nont  bridge  has  been  constructed  and^East  Tennessee  &  Georgia  Bail-road  Corn- 
finished  '  complete  across  the  Tennessee cpany  shall  procure  bona-fide,  good  and 
River  at  cf  near  Blair's  Ferry,  ready  for  .solvent  subscriptions  in  amount  sufficient 
laying  down  the  iron  rails  thereon  to  bc-,to  grade,  prepare  the  timbers,  and  prepare 
begun,  carried' on  and  completed  under  the  (the  whole  line  of  said  Road  proposed  to 
direction  and  superintendence  of  the  Engi-^be  constructed,  ready  for  the  reception  of 
neer  of  said  Railroad,  and  to  be  perfected  (Iron,  and  these  facts,  shall  be  certified  to 
by  him  and  accepted  as  finished,  then  and^the  Governor  by  the  written  affidavit  of 
in  that  case  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  theSthe  President  and  Chief  Engineer,  and  also 
Governor  to  issue  to  said  Company  Coupon(by  a  majority  of  the  Directors,  before  the 
bonds  of  the  State  of  Tennessee,  sufficient /Governor  shall  issue  the  Bonds  provided 
to  pay  for  the  construction  of  said  bridge,  (for  in  this  Act.  [Passed  Feb.  20,  1852. 
provided  he  shall  not  issue  more  than  one?  The  above  Acts  were  amended  or  modi- 
hundred  thousand  dollars  in  bonds  as)fied  by  an  Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
aforesaid  for  said  object,  and  which  said  (the  State  passed  December  17, 1855,  which 
bonds  shall  bear  an  interest  of  six  per  cent (granted  to  your  road  special  privileges,  and 
per  annum,  and  have  not  less  than  thirty ^muxes  the  terms  for  obtaining  the  State 
nor  more  than  forty  years  to  run  to  ma--,appropriations  more  favorable  than  the 
turity.  Passed  Feb.  4,  1852,  which  was  (above,  which  is  as  follows: 
amended  the  same  session  of  the  Legisla-j  Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the 
tiire  of  the  State,  as  follows  :  (General  Assembly  of  the  State   of  Tennes- 

Sec  5.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  General )sec,  That  an  Act  to  Charter  the  Cincinnati, 
Assembly  of  the  State  of  Tennessee  That,  ^Cumberland  Gap  &  Charleston  railroad 
the  Act  passed'  by  the  present  General  (Company,  passed  Nov.  18,  1853,  shall  bo 
Assembly  of  the  State  of  Tennessee,  en-(so  amended  that  whenever  said  railroad 
titled  an  Act  to  aid  in  the  completion  onCompany  shall  have  subscribed  in  bona- 
the  East  Tennessee  and  Georgia  Railroad, (fide  stock,  an  amount  sufficient  to  grade 
be  so  amended  that  the  provisions  of  saidPsaid  rail-road  from  or  near  Paint  Rock,  the 
Act  be  made  to  extend  to  the  abutments^Southern  boundary  line  of  the  State  to  its 
and  embankments,  connected  with  said  (intersection  with  the  East  Tennessee  and 
bridge,  and  also  be  so  amended  that  on ; Virginia  Rail  road  at  Morristown,  or  from 
the  certificate  of  the  Engineer  that  one(Cumberland  Gap,  the  Northern  boundary 
fourth  of  the  work  in  value  on  said  bridge  dine  of  the  State,  to  the  East  Tennessee  & 
has  been  completed  according  to  contract, /Virginia  Railroad  at  Morristown;  they 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor  to  is-Sshall  have  all  the  rights,  powers  and  privi- 
sue  twenty  thousand  dollars  of  said  bondsjjleges  conferred  by  this  Charter  for  ninety 
to  said  Company,  and  upon  a  like  ccrtifi- .and  nine  years,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  all 
cate  that  one  half  of  said  work  has  been^of  the  benefits  of  State  Aid  granted  to 
completed  the  Governor  shall  issue  anothensaid  Road  by  existing  laws, 
twenty  thousand  dollars  of  said  bonds,  and?  Sec.  2.  3e  it  enacted,  That  the  Presi- 
»pon  a  like  certificate  that  three  fourths)dent  and  Directors  of  said  Company  niaj' 
of  said  work  has  been  completed  the  Gov-< draw  and  expend  any  surplus  amount  of 
ernor  phall  issue  another  twenty  thousand,  the  bridge  appropriation  for  the  Clinch  and 
dollars  of  said  bonds,  and  upon  a  likc^flolston  Rivers  mentioned  in  said  laws,  to 
certificate  that  the  whole  of  said  work  has'bc  expended  in  constructing   bridges  over 


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RAIL-BOAD    REPORT.  * 

<'hc  French  Broad  and  Pigeon  rivers,  or  auy'the  grading  of  your  Ro  id,  ten  miles  North 
other  bridges  along  the  line  of  said  Roadcof  the  East  Tennessee  and  Virginia  llail- 
upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions  im-)road  at  Morristown  extending  to  Bean's 
posed  by  the  Internal  Improvement  laws^Station  and  twenty  miles  south,  extening 
of  this  State.  Soon  after  your  Road  wascto  Newport,  in  Cocke  county.  The  Board 
Chartered  the  Commissioners  therein  ap-5were  of  opinion  that  it  would  best  serve 
pointed  to  open  books  for  subscriptions  of^the  interests  of  the  Company  to  put  under 
Stock,  proceeded  i,n  the  discharge  of  duty  ('contract  the  grading  and  masonry  of  the 
imposed  upon  them,  and  met  with  suclofirst  thirty  miles  rs  above — taping  as  it 
success  that  in  a  very  short  time  succeed-^would  on  the  North  a  very  rich  valley  of 
fid  in  raising  the  amount  of  Stock  requireoVland,  in  which  is  situated  the  most  exten- 
by  the  Charter  to  organize  a  Company,  cal-^sive  qna?ies  of  the  finest  quality  of  Mar- 
led a  meeting  of  the  Stockholders  for  that<ble  in  East  Tennessee,  or  probably  in  the 
purpose  in  the  Town  of  Tazewell,  on  the^United  States,  and  penetrating  on  the 
15th  day  of  May,  1S5  J-,  at  which  time  andpSouth  at  the  mouth  of  Chucky  and  along 
place  the  Company  was  thoroughly  organ-vthe  French  Broad  river  one  of  the  most 
jzed  by  the  election  of  a  Board  of  Direc- (fertile  valleys  of  land  in  the  State,  which 
tors,  who  soon  thereafter  were  fortunate  inWould  thereby  cause  your  Road  to  pay  lar- 
employing  the  services  of  R.  L.  Owen,  ascger  dividends  to  the  Company  when  finish^ 
Chief  Engineer,  whom  the  Board  found  to^ed,  than  any  other  thirty  miles,  either 
be  possessed  of  superior  ability  for  theSNorth  or  South  on  the  whole  line  of  th'j 
work  of  location,  and  who  succeeded  verycRoad,  they  were  also  of  opinion  that  it  was 
happily  in  finding  very  favorable  passescduc  to  the  friends  of  the  enterprise  both 
through  the  ridges  upon  light  grades  and^North  and  South  of  the  East  Tennessee 
favorable  curves,  in  no  instance  adoptingcand  Virginia  Railroad,  and  that  they  should 
a  grade  exceeding  OS  feet  to  the  mile  oivin  that  manner  indicate  a  determination 
u  curvature  less  than  a  thousand  feet  radius.  Sto  build  the  whole  Road  from  Cumberland 
Alter  the  necessary  surveys  and  estimates<Gap  to  Paint  Rock,  which  has  ever  been 
of  cost  had  been  made  and  reported  to.their  purpose  and  from  which,  no  copbi- 
the  Board  of  Directors  by  the  Chief  Engi- ^nation  of  circumstances  can  cause  them 
neer,  the  Board  met  at  Beans'  Station,  and.'to  swerve,  and  which  policy  they  further 
definately  located  your  Rjad  as  follows  :  ^believed  would  give  more  general  satisfac- 
Begin.ning  at  Cumberland  Gap  and  run-aion  to  all  of  the  friends  of  the  Road  ;  be- 
ning  from  thence  via  Tazewell,  Notchie^sides  the  law  expressly  requires  that  the 
Gap,  Beans'  Station,  Morristown.  near  tbe^first  thirty  miles  graded  shall  have  a  con- 
Mouth  of  Chuck}',  along  the  valley  of  thecnection  with  some  other  Railroad  in  oper- 
French  Broad  river  via  Newport  to  Paint^ation,  or  commercial  pojnt  to  entitle  you 
Rock.  The  Board  of  Directors  having;to  the  ten  thousand  do  liars  per  mile ;  and 
succeeded  in  raising  the  amount  of  stockaiftcr  the  completion  of  said  thirty  miles, 
as  they  believed,  sufficient  to  entitle  your  or  even  sooner  if  the  state  of  the  Compa- 
Road  to  the  benefits  of  the  State  approprk-ny,  or  interests  cf  the  Road  required;  the 
ationfor  bridge*  purposes,  whenever  the  re-?Board  of  Directors  contemplate  extending 
quired  amount  of  bridge  work  was  don&Hhe  work  both  North  and  South,  pari  pas- 
proceeded  to  advertise  proposals  for  work,,vu  until  the  entire  line  of  Road  shall  have 
and  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  held  at  been  finished— they  have  already  resolved 
Beans'  Station,  Sept.  4th,  1855,  let  to  con->to  commence  the  work  in  Claiborne  county 
tract  two  of  the  most  costly  bridges  on  the 'so  soon  as  the  County  Court  of  said  coun- 
whole  line,  and  "soon  thereafter  accordingly,  shall  issue  the  Bonds  subscribed  by 
to  previous  notice  at  a  meeting  held  in;said  county  to  the  Company,  and  shall  in- 
Tazewell,  Oct.  18th,  1855,  let  to  confract^dicatc  in  that  manner  a  desire  to  have  the 
pn  quite   favorable  terms,   thirty  miles   of  work  begun  there.     And  in  fact,    the    re- 


4  RAIL-ROAD   REPORT. 

mninder  of  the  work  not  under  contract,  in^of said  bonds — they  proceeded  to  make  out 
the  counties  of  Cocke  and  Grainger,  could';a  full  and  detailed  statement  of  the  Com- 
be safely  put  under  contract  and  would  be,spany,  giving  the  name  ef  each  stockholder, 
provided  said  counties  would  come  forward, ^and  the  amount  subscribed  by  each,  and 
and  make  as  liberal  subscriptions  as  Clai-Sthe  amount  subscribed  by  counties — the 
borne  has  done,  and  the  whole  work  be^estimated  cost  of  grading  and  masonry  on 
pushed  through  in  a  very  short  time.  I^theline,  showing  that  the  stock  subscribed 
feel  confident  that  as  the  work  progresses^exceeded  the  cost  of  grading  said  road  from 
that  those  counties  will  appreciate  the  im-vPaint  Rock  to  the  East  Tennessee  and  Vir- 
portance  of  this  great  enterprise,  and  thatrginia  Railroad  at  Morristown,  and  that  the 
they  will  come  up  nobly  to  aid  and  forwardCamended  charter  had  been  adopted  bj  the 
its  completion.  c  Company — to  all  of  which,  the    President, 

The  first  work  done  towards  the  gradmg^Chi(3f  Engineer  and  a  majority  of  the  Di- 
of  your  road  was  commenced  on  the  15th?rectors  certified  before  an  acting  Justice  of 
day  of  November,  1S55— Hie  work,  both^the  P^00.  to  the  Governor  of  the  State, 
grading  and  masonry,  progressed  rapidlyAthey  als0  appointed  agents,  the  President 
and  public  confidence  was  inspired  in  the/and  OollWm.  Houston,  with  bond  and  secu- 
success  of  your  road,  the  masonry  in  the<rity  for  the  faithful  application  of  the  bonds 
construction  of  the  Holston  and  other^to  the  ProPeI  objects  of  the  Law,  to  make  ap- 
minor  bridges  had  so  far  advanced  by  the)Plication  to  the  Governor  for  said  bonds, 
33th  of  May,  1856,  that  the  Chief  Engineer-and  reccive  Mti  receipt  for  the  same.— 
and  board  of  directors  were  of  opinion  that?The  aSents  soon  after  their  appointment 
your  road  was  entitled,  under  the  laws  ofpproceeded  on  the  business  assigned  them, 
the  State,  J.0  twenty  thousand  dollars  in-Jhad  an  interview  with  the  Governor— found 
bonds  of  the  State,  appropriated  to  thc^all  was  not  well  with  him.  He  indirectly 
building  of  the  Holston  bridge  and  otherSexpressed  doubts  as  to  the  meaning  or  in- 
bridges  on  the  line  of  the  road,  it  appearin^tention  of  the  law,  by  way  of  suggestions 
on  an  estimate  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  that?aiid  suppositions,  which  induced  us  to  be- 
over  one  fourth  of  the  work,  in  value,  had'lieve  that  he  desired  further  time  for  con- 
been  completed  according  to  contract,  whichssideration  and  probably  the  aid  of  legal 
fact  was  certifiedto  the  Governor  of  the^counsel.  and  from  that  impression  proposed 
State,  by  the  written  affidavit  of  the  Presi-)the  propriety  of  submitting  the  ^vhole  mat- 
dent  and  Chief  Engineer,  and  by  a  majority  ^ter  <•<>  the  Attorney  General  of  the  State— 
of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  said  road,  also>the  lfiSal  adviser  of  the  Governor  and  the 
that  the  said  Cincinnati,  Cumberland  Gapr;Suardian  of  the  interests  of  the  State.  He 
&  Charleston  Railroad  Company  had  pro^P™11^^  replied  that  he  preferred  its  taking 
cured  bona  Jide  subscriptions  in  amount^that  course,  and  that  he  was  upon  the  evo 
Sufficient  to  grade  said  road  from  or  ncar^of  making  that  suggestion,  which  he  prom- 
Paint  Rock  to  its  intersection  with  the  Eastased  us  should  be  done  as  soon  as  practicable. 
•  Tennessee  and  Virginia  Railroad^at  Morris-^I  at  once  wrote  to  the  Attorney  General  of 
town;  and  thus,  in  due  form  of  law,  as  they^the  State,  the  intention  of  the  Governor,  and 
believed,  made  application  to  his  Excellency  (made  to  him  a  statement  of  the  nature  of  the 
the  Governor  of  the  State  by  an  agent)claim  of  the  Company.  We  returned  home 
properly  and  legally  authorized  by  them  to^with  the  assurance  that  the  matter  in  con- 
receive  and  receipt  for  the  said  twenty  thou-?troversy  would  be  submitted  to  the  Attor- 
sand  dollars  in  bonds  of  the  State— but  the)ney  General  of  the  State  for  a  settlement, 
said  application  proved  unsuccessful.  In- with  as  little  delay  as  possible.  The  friends 
consequence  of  which  the  Board  of  Directors^  the  road  felt  safe  that  thei?  cause  should 
were  again  called  together  on  the  6th  day  ofrthus  be  disposed  of— having  an  abiding  con- 
June,  1856.  for  the  purpose  of  obviating  the^fidence  in  the  legal  ability,  justice  and  im- 
©bjeeiionsof  the  Governor  to  the    issuance?part|ality  of  Col.  Sliced,  the  Attorney  Gen- 


BAlL-EOAD    REPORT,  5 

eral-thcy  also  felt  a  further  assurance  in  his  ed  on  an  interview  with  the  Governor  that 
decision  from  the  fact  that  many  of  the  most  he  had  not  yet  submitted  the  matter  in 
eminentlawyers  in  East  Tennessee  had  been^dispute  to  the  Attorney  General,  and  that 
consulted  in  regard  to  the  meaning  of  theche  would  not  do  so  in  writing,  but  on  his 
above  laws,  all  of  whom  were  of  opinion(coming  to  Nashville  he  would  get  his  opin- 
that  the  Company  w^re  clearly  and  ufl-Mon,  but  at  the  same  time  expressed  an 
questionably  entitled  to  the  bonds — aiukunwillingness  to  be  governed  by  it.  From 
knowing  that  the  Governorhad  issued  bondSfthis  state  of  things,  we  thought  it  best  to 
to  the  East  Tennessee  and  Georgia  Railroad-consult  with  gentlemen  of  the  highest  order 
Company,  upon  the  opinion  of  the  Attorney  <of  legal  attainments  in  reference  to  the  mat- 
General  of  the  State,  after  his  predecessor,  ^ter,  as  instructed  to  do.  AVe  consequently 
Gov.  Campbell,  had  decided  that  the  law'called  udcii  R.  J.  Meigs,  Andrew  Ewing, 
did  not  warrant  the  issuance  of  bonds  to;and  Gov.  Neil  S.  Brown.  We  requested  them 
said  road,  they  were  doubly  confident  of'to  look  into  the  law  carefully  and  give  us 
success.  After  some  time  had  elapsed,  the^their  opinion  in  regard  to  its  meaning,  and 
Directory  of  your  road  were  unable  to  learn>what  it  required  your  Company  to  do  to 
that  any  reference  had  been  made,  or  would^entitle  it  to  the  State  bonds  for  brid  ge  pur- 
likely  be  made,  and  in  the  event  it  shouldvDOses — the  next  day,  or  the  day  after  that, 
be,  they  had  reasons  to  believe  from  recent(they  were  all  prepared  to  give  an  opinion, 
information,  that  the  Governor,  from  some':Mr.  Ewing  a  verbal  opinion,  Messrs.  Meigs 
cause,  best  known  to  himself,  would  notcand  Brown  written  opinions,  all  of  whom, 
issue  the  bonds  to  the  Company,  though  the^agreed  in  the  main  fact,  that  the  law  clearly 
Attorney  General  should  decide  in  youi  (entitled  your  Company  to  the  twenty  thou- 
favor.  This  impression  going  to  contractors-sand  dollars  in  State  bonds,  provided  you 
and  stockholders  and  causing  general  dis-'had  the  amount  of  tuna  fide  stock  we 
satisfaction,  the  former  fearing  delay  in(|claimed  fur  you — they  were  also  of  opinion 
payment  for  work  dene,  for  which  the  States  that  you  might  serve  a  mandamus  upon  the 
had  provided,  the  latter  seeing  a  large  debt^Governor,  and  make  him  show  cause  for 
hanging  over  them,  which  they  had  notcrefusing  the  bonds,  and  if  not  justifiable- 
provided  to  meet,  relying  on  a  compliance  ^compel  him  to  issue  them,  but  they  doubted 
with  the  Law  on  the  part  of  the  Governor^whether  the  courts  would  exercise  such 
of  the  State,  and  all  seeing  that  if  the  Statecpower  over  a  co-ordinate  branch  of  State 
appropriations  were  withheld  from  the  road, ^government,  and  that  to  litigate  'the  matter 
it  must  suffer  temporary  suspension.  With^would  likely  require  a  longer  time  than  the 
those  facts  before  the  Board  of  Directors,  it 'term  of  office  for  which  he  was  elected, 
became  evident  that  promptness  in  decis->and  that  it  would  likely  be  better  for  the 
ion  was  necessary,  a  meeting  was  called,  ^Company  to  await  such  time,  These  opin- 
and  the  President  and  Chief  Engineer  werecions  given  by  men  of  such  profound  legal 
appointed  agents  to  wait  again  upon  his  ex-5knowledge,  strengthened  those  entertained 
cellency,  with  instructions  to  have  the  mat.pby  the  Board  of  Directors  of  your  road,  and 
ter  decided  either  by  the  Governor  himself,  (those  of  other  eminent  Jurists  of  Tennessee 
or  by  a  reference  to  the  Attorney  General, ,and  was  a  fair  prelude  to  the  Attorney 
if  it  had  not  yet  been  done,  and  ifherefused^General's  of  the  State.  On  our  failure  to 
to  give  satisfaction,  to  consult  counsel  in <get  the  bonds,  or  even  a  reference,  caused 
regard  to  the  law  in  the  case,  and  if,  in  their ^a  general  murmuring  with  the  friends  of 
opinion,  your  Company  were  entitled  to  the^the  road,  and  especially  with  contractors, 
bonds,  and  a  successful  suit  could  be  pros-<the  Board  of  Directors  were  soon  after  call- 
ecu  ted  against  the  Governor  to  the  advanced  together,  and  resolved  to  suspend  the 
tage  of  the  Company,  to  institute  suit -work  until  they  were  enabled  to  procure  the 
against  him  forthwith;  the  agents  appointedraid  of  the  State  for  bridge  purposes.  They 
as  above,  proceeded  as  directed— they  learn  -£  were  un  willing  to  apply  the  subc.  iptions  of 


b  RAIL-EOA.D    KEPOET. 

the  Company  to  purposes  for  which  theP  It  is  duo  the  Attorney  General  of  th« 
State  had  provided  ample  means,  if  it  could.State,  that  I  should  state,  that  the  informa- 
bc  avoided,  or  to  incur  further  liabilitiesaion  upon  which  vhe  above  opinion  was  bas» 
until  the  executive  of  your  State  woulcDed,  was  given  to  him  by  me  soon  after  the 
learn  to  see  the  laws  as  others  see  them. agreement  on  the  part  of  the  Gov.  to  submit 
The  suspension  of  the  work  caused  several^ the  matter  in  controversy  to  him,  which  was 
of  the  contractors  to  institute  suits  against/ that  your  Company  had  one  fourth  in  val- 
your  Company — the  amounts  sued  for  how- sue  of  the  work  done  on  the  Holston  bridge 
ever  are  inconsiderable — the  whole  present^and  had  bona  lide  stock  in  amount  sufficient 
indebtedness  of  the  Company  would  proba->to  grade  your  road  from  Paint  Rock  to  Mor- 
bly  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  dollars,  not  .ristown,  and  over  and  above  that  amount  a 
so  much  as  the  estimates  on  the  bridge  work^considerable  surplus,  to  all  of  which  the 
done  on  the  line,  for  which  the  State  has^president,  Chief  Engineer  and  a  majority  of 
provided.  About  the  time  of  the  suspension  the  Djrectors  had  made  certificate  before  an 
of  the  work  on  your  road,  we     learned  tnat(      .        T      •         ,  „  •  mi        , 

the  Attorney  General  wa,s  then  in  Knoxvillc,actinS  Justlce  of  the  Pcace-  lhe  abova 
in  attendance  on  the  Supreme  Court  thervopimon  of  the  Attorney  General  is  fully  cor 
in  session,  supposing  that-he  had  seen  Gov.Si'oborated  by  that  of  Return  J.  Meigs,  Esq.. 
Johnson  on  his  way  to  East  Tennessee^and  Governor  2s oil  S.  Brown,  which  are  as 
through  Nashville,  and  that  his  opinions  ofpfollows  : 

the  law  had  been  given,  and  the  matter  inc  £)e,ui  Sir  :  you  have  asked  me  the  following 
dispute  settled,  I  addressed  him  at  thatWiestions  :  what  is  the  Cincinnati  Cumber- 
place,  to  which  he  replied  promptly,  as  fol-';land  Gap  and  Charleston  Railroad  Compa- 
lows:  cny   required  to  do  to   entitle    it  to  demand 

Knoxyille  Sept.,  30th,  1856.     Sthe   bridge  bonds    allowed    them   by   the 
Mir  Dear  Sir: —  ksevera'i  acts  of  Assembly  ?     This   company 

Yours  of  yesterday  is  this  moment  re-^a^  chartered  by  the  acts  of  1853,  chapter 
.ceived.  Soon  after  your  favor  was  received^oi,  passed  November  18th,  1853  ;  by  the 
the  points  of  issue  between  your  Company?acts  of  1853  chapter  131,  section  2,  bonds 
and  the  Governor,  in  order  to  avoid  delay>0f  the  State  for  building  bridges  are  to  be 
and  to  be  ready  when  called  upon  by  the^SSued  to  this  Company  upon  the  terms  and 
Governor  for  an  opinion,  I  investigated  the^conditions,  mentioned  in  the  act  1851  chap- 
matter  fully,  and  the  result  or  my  investiga.^ter  224,  sec,  5&  G,  namely,  upon  producing 
tion  was  that  your  Company  is  entitled  tobto  the  Governor  the  following  evidence,  first 
the  twenty  thousand  dollars  ofbonds  claim-<^a  sworn  certificate,  signed  by  the  President, 
ed — the  Governor  has  not  yet  submitted  the''Chief  Engineer,  and  a  majority  of  the  Direc- 
matter  to  me  but  I  presume  will  do  so  upon^tors,  that  the  Company  has  procured  bona 
my  return  to  Nashville  next  week.  I  have;fide,  good  and  solvent  subscriptions  suf- 
but  little  doubt  but  that  the  bonds  will  be>ficient  to  grade,  prepare  the  timbers  and 
issued,  as  I  do  not  think  the  question  in-sprepare  the  whole  line  of  the  road  for  the 
volved  in  the  slightest  .doubt.  In  my  cor-^reception  of  the  iron,  act  1851  chapter  224, 
/espondence  with  the  Governor,  I  prom-)section  6th.  Secondly  a  certificate  of  iho 
ised  to  call  at  his  office,  and  confer  with^Chief  Engineer  that  one  fourth,  one  half, 
•him  about  the  matter  dunng  the  last  week^three  fourths  in  value,  or  the  whole  work 
in  August  last,  or  the  first  week  of  the  pres->is  completed  acts  1851,  chapter  224  section 
ent  month.  I  called  at  his  office  during';5th.  By  the  act  of  1855  chapter  49  section 
both  of  those  weeks,  and  he  was  absent  in'lst,  it  is  enacted  that  this  Company  shall 
East  Tennessee,  so  I  have  notyet  seenhim,  I;be  entitled  to  all  the  benefits  of  State  aid 
will  return  to^Nashviile  next  week  and  wilKgranted  to  it  by  existing  laws,  whenever 
at  once  confer  with  the  Governor  in  refer- \said  Company,  shall  have  subscribed  in 
ance  to  the  matter..    Yours  &c.  Sbona  fide  stock  an  amount  sufficient  to  grade 

JOHN  L.'T.  SNEED.     ^said  Railroad  from  Paint  Rock,  or  Cumber- 


V.  An.  no  AD   REPORT.  7 

land  Gap  to  its  intersection  with  the  East/between  your  Company  and  himself  in  a 
Tennessee  and  Virginia  ftailroad  at  Morris-<!formal  manner,  which  appears  from  a  letter 
town,  ctvrittfin  by  him  to  mesOon  after  his  arrival 

What  the   Company   has  to  do   then   tO(in  Nashville,  which  is  as  follows : 
cntitlo  itself  to  demand  the  bridge  bonds}     Dr.  M.  Carmger:  31;/  Dear  Sir: — 
seems  to  be  to  produce  to  the  Governor  the'Govcrnor  Johnson  submitted   tome   your' 
following  evidence.  , claim  on  behalf  of  the  Rail-road  Company,' 

First.  A  written  certificate  signed  and;over  which  you  preside  a  k-w  days  since, 
sworn  to  by  the  President,  Chief  Eegineer,  and  upon  his  presentation  of  the  matter, 
and  a  majority  of  the  Directors,  that  thejthere  are  some  difficulties  in  your  way  not 
Company  has  bona  fide  subscription  of  heretofore  considered  by  me,  the  invc»tiga- 
stock  in  amount  sufficient  to  grade  the  road  tion  which  I  have  heretofore  given  this 
from  Paint  Rock,  or  Cumberland  Gap  to  claim  proceeded  upon  the  assumption  that 
the  East  Tennessee  and  Virginia  Railroad 'your  Company  had  strictly  complied  with 
at  Morristown.  cthe   law  in    reference   to   subsciiptions   of 

Second.  A  certificate  of  the  Chief  Engiiwstocks  which  left  nothing  to  be  decided  but 
cer  that  one  fourth,  one  half,  three  fourths^the  triers  questions  of  law  upon  which  niy 
in  value,  or  the  whole  of  the  work  on  thecopinions  were  formed.  It  seems  however, 
bridge  is  completed  in  each  of  which  cases?that  my  opinions  as  to  these  matters  of  law 
$20,000  of  bonds  are  to  be  issued  by  the^can  be  of  no  service  to  the  Governor,  his 
Governor,  not  exceeding  in  any  evcnt,;clifficulty  seems  to  arise  from  the  condition 
$100,000,  act  1851  chapter  224  section  5th. -0f  the  stock  subscription  alone,  if  you  can 

The  above  is  the  result  to  which  I  comc',satisfy  him   that   the  application  is  in  pro- 

and  it  does  not  seem   to    mo    to    admit   oiipria  forma,  or  in  other  words  that  all  tho 

doubt.  ^requisite  preliminaries  have  been  complied 

R.  J.  MEIGS.      With,  I  have  no  doubt  but  he  will  issue  tho 

.      Nashville  August  15th,  1856.  (Bonds.     These  difficulties  might  disappear 

Dr.  Cariger  : —  rbefore  a  more   full  and   satisfactory  under- 

I  have  examined  the  acts  of  Assembly  [standing  of  the  positions  assumed  by  your' 

refered  toby  R.  J.  Meigs  Esq.,  in  the  abovcc  Company,  and  I  therefore  take  the  liberty 

statement  by    him  and  I  concur  with  himcof  suggesting,  that  you  write  out  your  po- 

in  the  conclusion  to  which   he  has  arrived, ^sitions  in  full  and  submit  them  to  the  Gov- 

as  to   the  requisites  for  obtaining  bonds   in^ernor  in   reference  to  the    question,  as  to 

the  case  stated.     I  am  unable   to  see  any.'whether  or  not"  you   have   the  amount  of 

difficulty  in  the   matter    as  a  conclusion  of  stock  required  by  the  act  of  1855,  chapter 

law.     I  have   deemed  it  sufficient  to  state -10.    Perhaps  it  would  be  better  for  yourself 

my  opinion   in  this   form   as   I   could  add;or  your  Chief  Engineer  to  come  to  Nashville 

nothing  to  make  it   more  explicit  than  Mr/about  the  10th  or  15th  of  November  where 

Meigs  has  done.  <Ja  full  conference  can  be  had  on  the  subject. 

NEIL  S.  BROWN.     S  Respectfully,  yours, 

August  the  18th  1856.  JOHN  L.  T.  SNEED. 

In  addition  to  the  above  opinions  in  re-'  After  receiving  the  above  information- 
g&rd  to  the  law  concerning  your  road,  the,and  friendly  advice  from  the  Attorney  Gcn- 
opinions  of  many  other  gentlemen  of  high-  era],  Capt.  R.  L.  Owen,  Chief  Engineer 
legal  attainment  could  be  adduced  concur-! and  I).  Morris,  a  Director  went  to  Nashville 
ing  with  the  above  but  we  claim  it  unneces-  at  the  above  appointed  time,  and  on  their' 
ary  for  our  present  purpose.  Soon  after- return  reported  that  the  Governor  was  in- 
thc  above  communication  from  the  Attor- ^disposed  to  issue  the  Bonds  to  your  Conr 
ncy  General  of  the  State  ho  returned  tocpany,  or  to  be  influenced  by  the  opinion  of* 
Nashville,  had  an  interview  with  the  Gov- -the  Attorney  General  his  legal  adviser,  thus 
trnor,  who  submitted   the  matter  of  issue  Obstinately   refusing   your   Road    the   aid 


8 


EAII.-KOAD    KEPOET. 


gnintcd  b)'   the  State,  and    forcing   YOU  UU-1  Amount  of  solvent  individual  subscriptions,... .J158  4n 

,      ,,        .  r  ,  .,     ,  '       v     1        "  "    Stock  of  Union  Stock  Company,     125  WX) 

•expectedly   to  pay  for  WGlk  provided  to  be^       "         «    Stock  subscribed  by  Claiborne  co     64  219 

paid  for  by  the  State,  and  not  provided  forS      "       "  Blidge  Appropriation guo  ooo 

by  your  Company ;  wholly  upon  the  ground, $    Total  amount  subscribed, $541  wo 

as  we  are  informed  by  the  Attorney  Gcner-'  M.  CARRIGER,  Prest.  of 

al,  that  your  stock  subscriptions  are  insuf-)  Gin.  Gumo.  G.  &   G.  R.  R.  Co. 

fieient  to  grade  the  Road  either  from  Pain!  G.  W.  BARNETT,  Sec.  &  Treat. 

Rock,  or  Cumberland  Gap  to  the  line  of  the'STATE  OF  TENNESSEE— GiuisGER  Co. 
East  Tennessee  and  Virginia  Rail-road  at  ^—Personally  appeared  M.  Carriger,  Presi- 
Monistown.  The  law  expressly  declarescjdcnt  and  G.  W.  Barnett,  Secretary  and 
that  whenever  your  Company  shall  havefTreasurer  of  the  Cincinnati,  Cumberland 
subscribed  in  bona-fide  stock  an  amount^Gap  and  Charleston  Rail-road  Company, 
sufficient  to  grade  s&id  Road  between  Paintcjbefore  the  undersigned,  a  Justice  of  the 
Rock  and  Morristown,  or  Cumberland  GapSpon„„    iv,„  c„;i  «^.,^<-^   „    j  i        ,.     . 

,1  m~„  •  i  *u   t  *i         v    n  i         4-,i  vieace   l01  said  county,  and    made  oath    m 

.and  Morristown,  that  they  shall  be  entitled?-,        c  .  .         ,       ' 

to  all  the  benefits  of  State  aid  g. anted  by<due  form  of  law  thafc  fl,°m  tha  swo™  «- 
existing  laws  ;  and  farther,  whenever  they^Ports  and  estimates  of  the  Engineer  in  Chie* 
shall  show  that  fact  to  the  Governor,  they?of  said  Road,  Capt.  R,  L.  Owen,  there  is 
may  draw  and  expend  the  surplus  amountsSbona-fide,  good  and  solvent  stock,  inclu- 
of  the  bridge  appropriations  over  the  Clinch  ^ding  individual  Stockholders,  Companies, 
and  Ilolston  rivers,  which  may  be  expen-  cont?actors  and  thQ  surp,us  gtate  app  n. 
dec!  ,n  the  construction  of  any  other  bridg-  atioi,  for  the  CHnch  and  HolstQn  BHd 
es  along  the  line  of  said  Road.  (See  act  of  and  exclusive  of  the  Claibourne  county 
Dec,  17th,  1855,  chapter  49,  page  (.5.)  }Bmd  subscription  and  so  much  of  the 
For  the  purpose  of  showing  how  far  the jBric]ge  appropriation  as  is  necessary  to 
Governor  has  been  justified  in  refusing  to<build  the  C]inch  and  EoMon  Brid  ty 
assue  the  Bonds  of  the  State  to  your  Road<,grade  said  Road)  including  Masonry,  from 
upon  the  ground  of  the  insufficiency  ofcthe.South  Eastern  terminus  at  or  near  painfc 
your  stock  to  grade  as  above  required,  and>Rock  on  the  North  Caro]ina  line  to  MornV 
whether  or  not  the  facts  in  regard  to  it  were  tpwn  on  the  Eagt  Tenncsseo  and  Virginia 
truthfully  presented  to  the  Attorney  Gcner-cL   ..        ,  ,r    „.',,,,«.>*■»,•» 

i  r.    t  lr  •        v     t         t-    •  iw    10  (Rail  road.  M.  CARRIGER. 

al,  h.  J.  Meigs,  Andrew  Ewing  and  >.cal  S.)  T,         ri   r,   ,,     „     „  -...-.    _ 

■o  \  •  i    ,u  •       •  ■  ?  Ires-   0.  G.  G.  &  G.  R.  R.  Go., 

Brown,    upon    which    their  opinions    were)  n    ,,_  ' 

founded,  I  will  leave  to   bo  determined    byr  ,,       ^  0    „ 

,,    ,.„      ..     .    .        ,  .  ,  :i  Secretary  &   Treasurer. 

the  following  facts,  which   were   sworn  to; 

by  the  officers  of  your  Company  as  the  law  ''*  Svvorn  to  and  subscribed  before  me,  this 
required.  (the  7th  day  of.April,  1857. 

We  the  undersigned,  the   President  and)  WM.  HARRIS. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Cincinnati, s  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

Cumberland  Gap  and  Charleston  Rail-road^  A  certificate  similar  to  the  above  was 
Company,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  follow- ^gned  and  sworn  to  by  a  majority  of  the 
ing  is  a  true  statement  of  the  solvent  bonaCRoard  of  Directors  of  your  Road,  also  the 
fide  stock  subscribed  upon  the  Books  oPfollovping  statement  of  Capt.  R.  L.  Owen. 
the  Company,  including  the  State  appropri^Chief  Engineer,  which  are  now  on  file  in 
ation  for  bridges,  (which  the  law  provides<the  office  of  the  Executive  of  the  State, 
shall  be  included  in  the  aggregate  amount;  Cost  of  grading  and  masonry  of  Road 
of  stock  of  the  Company,)  and  exclusive  of<from  pa}nt  Rock  to  the  line  of  the  East 
near  nine  thousand  dollars  of  the  stock<Tenriessee  and  Virginia  Rail-road  at  Mor- 
on  the  Books  which  is   deemed    doubtful, rrislown. 

all  of  the  stock   included  in  the   fbltowrag<Gost  of  Graduation,  $161,493  90 

estimate  is  believed  to  be  bona-fide,  good^Cost  of  Masonry,  110,490  00 

and  solvent — to-wit :  (-Twenty  five  per  cent,  added  for 


KAIL-nuAD    REPORT. 


9 


land  damages,  cross  tieSy  CNorthern  End 20,19*  04     1,931  00  22,163  00 

salaries  of  officers,  Ac.,  67,095  97j  ~—    -~    — ~ 

Total  estimated  cost  of  grading    "  TOTAL  COST  OF  CONSTRUCTION  OF 

and  masonry,  $339,979  87  ROAD, 

which  amount  of  cost  deducted  from  $541,-$  The  Report  of  Capt.  R.  L.  Ovvcii,  Chief 
646,  the  total  amount  of  stock  of  your^Enginecr,  of  June  1855—  based  on  thepre- 
Company  will  leave  a  surplus  of  $201,666,->liminary  surveys  then  made,  estimated  the 
13  ;  after  paying  for  not  only  the  grading  of) total  cost  of  grading,  masonry  and  a  full 
your  Road,  but  also  the  masonry,  and  ali'cand  complete  equipment  of  your  road  at 
other  contingent  expenses  necessary  to  pre-^$2,310,0U0,  which  amount  of  cost  is  believ- 
pare  the  Road  bed  for  the  laying  down  the<ed  can  be  reduced  in  a  definite  location  of 
Iron— to  be  applied  to  the  construction  of; the  whole  line  of  road  to  $2,000,000. 
your  Road  north  of  the  East  Tennessee  and^  Have  your  Company  the  ability  with 
Virginia  Rail-road,  with  a  prospect,  Iwould'their  prospects  ahead  to  meet  that  sum?  I 
say  almost  a  certainty  of  obtaining  the  fob,- say  without  hesitation  they  have.  There 
lowing  additional  subscriptions,  as  the  workjare  but  few  Railroads  in  Tennessee  that 
advances,  and  full  public  confidence  is  hadjwere  chartered  or  received  State  aid  at  the 
in  its  success.  Airne  yours  did,  that  have  a  brighter  future 

Amount  of  additional  stock  by  contractors^ before  them>  or  the  P^spects  of  which  are 
on  work  not  under  contract,$100,000  00<more  certain.     Let  us  look    to    an   actual 

Amount  of  probable  stock  by  ^calculation  and  see  how  the  matter  stands. 

Cocke  county,  05,000  00/     Amount  of  actual  and  prospective  means 

Amount  of  probable  stock  by  $nf  rtit.  r,™^,m,  • 

i~i     •                  i  >-f-  n-nn  r- .-, 'Ol  tile  Lompanv  : 

Grainier  county,  <o,000  00>T    ,.  . ,     ,      ,       .   ,.  *.-«.  tnw  «•.« 

l    c       t  1 1       i  ,v                               l  Individual  subscription,  $152,427  00 

Amount  of  probable  addition-                         (__  .       „,      ,    _      l  \nr.nnn  ™ 

,        .5    .    ,.  .,     ,  R  .-(Union  Stock  Company,  125,000  00 

al  stock  by  individuals,  50,000  00-         ,      „•_.  .,         L      •",  „,«.,«  «^. 

.                c      ■     r      i  oai  nw  -io'  Stock  of  Claiborne  countv,  64,219  0O 

Amount  of    surplusabovc,  201, b6G  13)_     ...        ,       .     .          "„  .           ' 

';  Probable  subscription  of  Cocke 

*foi  rrc  t<?  county,  65,000  00 

$491,065  I3<     „  ■  u  o{  Graingcr  .5)000  0Q 

Making  the  above  total  amount  of  means,,  Additional  stock  b y  individuais    50,000  00 

for  the   construction  of  the  northern   por-S         ,,  ,,  .       .  1nnf,n«  nA 

.  _.  ,  F  "  "         contractors    100,000  00 

tion   of  your  Road.     Ihe   following   state  (m  ,  ,  ,     r   ,     ,    ,       .    •,. 

'     ,  ,  ,  °„         ,  r  lotal  amount  of  stock  by   indi 

ment  will  show  you  the  total  cost  of  work.        . ,     , 

■",       , ,        *         ,  victuals,  counties,  companies, 

done  on  your  road  and  by  whom  done :         s  ,         ,       ,  *„„,  „,„  rtni 

COST  OF  WORK  DONE  SOUTH  OF      |  .  Md  c+°^actorS)  $6*1,84*  0a 

■"ArnrRrsTftwX"  ,  Amount  of  state  appropriation 

for  bridges  200,000  00 

MASONRY  GRADING  TOTAL.       (  °  ' 

5,  J.  Casey '...'100.83        1917.28     2,018.11.   '.  Amount  of  State  appropriation 

Peter  Joice 3.15  00        4.211  45    4.526  45     ' '      r      t  ■>  •  ±    /i 

Geo.  Croft  k  sanipaw.  1.212  50  1.212  50    j     for  Iron  and  equipment  (ten 

— —      ■ ■ — —  thousand  dollars  per  mile) 

$1,623  3S       6,128  73     7,75:06;      90  mi!e9  900,000   00 

COST  OF  WORK  DONE  NORTH   OF  ;Making  lhe  totaI  mean3  of         . 

MORRISTOWN.'  the  company  $1,731,646  00 

masonry  grading  TOTAL,     c  Which  "deducted  from  $2,000,000,  the  esti- 

I". ^.Burton00' \ '. '. '.  %hf\%\l  1,31!  73    (IQated  cost  of the  road.  will  leave  $268,35 4 

Jacob  Hill 5,768  70  5,768  70     (to  be  supnlied  by  other  resources. 

J.  W.  Shelton 317  50     1.67100     1,958  50      I      _,  ',.,,,.  .„  , 

Wm.  M.Thurman 4,087  40      810  06   4,397  46     c     io  meet  this  deficiency  as  you  will  have 

_  uQ  d     j  wouid  pr0n0S3  +0   issue   mortgage 

20,18154      1,98106    25,165  60     C  '         ,,  "      F    t        .  .  ,  .       j 

TOTAL  COST  OF  WORK  "DONF  ON  ;DOnc's  to  that  amount,  which  can  be  dispo- 

THE  WHOLE  LINe'oF  ROAD  <sed  of  at  or  near  par  m  Puttin£  the  remaSn- 

masonry  grading  toia:.  <der  of  the  work  cn  the  line  undcr  c<^act. 

£4uthem  End ..1,628  33     6,12*8  73    T.757  06  'There    cannot    be    much    difficulty    with 


10  RAIL-ROAD    REPORT. 

contractors  in   disposing    of  so    small (  an^seventh  of  the  whole  taxable  property    of 
amount  of  bonds  for  a  fair  consideration.     Sthe  county,and  about  double  the  amount  the 
The  only  difficulty  in  the  way  of  putting<,law  will  now  allow  any  county  in  the  State 
the  whole  line  of  your  road  from   Cumber-cjto  take  in  proportion  to  its  taxable  property, 
land  Gap  to  Paint   Rock  under  immediatemnd  that,  too,  to  build  a  Railroad    that  will 
contract,  and  in  having  the    steam  enginesnot  likely  be  extended  beyond  the  coal  and 
to  pass  over  it  from  on  end  to   the  other  in)iron  banks    of   Anderson    and   Campbell 
a  few  years,  depends     wholly    upon  your; counties,  except  it  may  be  through  Powell's 
success  in  raising  about  fifty  thousand  dol-s valley  to  Cumberland  Gap,  and  there  enn- 
lars  of  additional  individual  subscriptions,)nect  with  your  road.     Campbell  county  nas 
$65,000  by  a  county  subscription  of  Cockebalso  subscribed  fifty  thousand  dollars  to  the 
and  $75,000"  by   a    county  subscription  ok  same  road,  and  is    expected   to   subscribe 
Grainger,  which  I  hope  and  believe  wTill  be^fifty  thousand  dollars  more  as  appears  from 
removed  in  a  very  short  time.      I  am  wellSthe  late  report  of  Col.  Prichard,    chief   en- 
satisfied,  that  thera  are  along  the  line  of  thecjgineer  of  said  road,  the    taxable  property 
road  a  sufficient  number  of  persons  of  spared  of  which  county  is  even  less  than    that    of 
means,  that  have  not  as  yet  taken  any  stocky  Anderson.     Such  examples  are  well  worthy 
and  have  been  holding    back,    waiting   Wof  imitation,  and  speak  well  of  the  intelli- 
see  your  road  placed  beyond  doubt  as  to  its^gence  of  the  voters  of  said    counties,  and 
immediate  completion,  and  many  others  thatsshould  arouse  the  friends  of  your    road    to 
hold  themselves  in  readiness  to  assist  fur-cjredoubled  exertions.     You  should  also  feel 
ther  whenever  necessary  to  press  the  work)further  encouraged  that  you  have  the  ability 
to  a  rapid  completion.  And  as  to  the  county<j  without  burthen  to  take  the  small   amount 
subscriptions  of  Cocke  and  Grainger,  abovc?of  stock  necessary  to    complete  the  whole 
referred  to,  I  feel  assured  that  they  will  not^work.     That  your  road  is  the  only  one  that 
falter  when  they  thus  see  that  no  more    isswill  ever  be  built  through  Claiborne,  Grain  - 
wanting  to  build  the  road  in  a  very    short^ger,  Jefferson  and  Cocke  counties,  that  will 
time  than  the  above  amounts.     1  feel  confi-^constitute  an  important  link  in    the    great 
dent  there  are    enough    public    spirit  and^route  South — a  tier   of  counties   that  are 
enterprise  and  a  sufficient   appreciation    ofrunsurpassed  by  any  in  East    Tennessee  in 
the  importance  of  this  great  work,  to  induce; the  natural  elements    of  wealth — rich   in 
them  to  step  forward  in    the    discharge   ofsagricultural  productions,  as    corn,  wheat, 
duty  to  themselves  and  posterity,    to  give-'oats,  potatoes,  gp,ss  and  fruits;  and  in  many 
the  necessary  aid.     But  few  counties  in  the; valuable  minerals,  as  lead,  zinc,  iron,  mag- 
State  have  refused  to  subscribe  stock  by  amnesia,  marble,  burr  rock,    and    hydraulic 
vote  of  the  people  to  railroad  improvements?lime.     At  the  Northern  terminus   of  your 
proposed  to  be  run  through  them.       Many^road,  commences  one  of  the  most  extensive 
counties  have  acted  nobly,  by    voting  largevcoal  fields  in    the   world,    which    extends 
amounts  of  stock    for  Railroad  purposes,)North  of  Cumberland  Gap  to  the  distance 
uninfluenced  by  bigoted    demagogues,    onof  about  one  hundred  miles,  through  which3 
blind  prejudice,  looking,  with  a    far-seeingcthe  Kentucky  Union  Railroad  will  pass  and 
eye,  to  their  interests  and  the  high   destiny^connect  with  your    road    at    Cumberland 
that  awaits  them.  SCap.     The  immediate  vicinity  of  said    coal 

Anderson  county,  with  but  little  overr. banks  to,  and  their  connection  with  the  iron, 
half  the  wealth  of  Cocke,  and  containing  less^lead,  and  zinc  mines  of  Claiborne  and  other 
than  half  the  taxable  property,  in  value,  ok  counties  on  the  line  of  your  road,  together 
Grainger  county,  as  appears  from  the  reportc  with  the  facilities  the  French   Broad  and 

of  the  Comptroller  of  the  State  for  1855—  >s0uth  Carolina  Railroads  will   give  to    the 
took  $100,000  of  stock  by  a    vote    of  the?,  ,  ,.         ,  ,     ,, 

people,  in    the    Knoxville    and  Kentucky  J  tran3P0rtatl0n  ofraw  cotton,  mustmake  the 
Railroad,  an  amount  equal  in  value  to  onetime    of  your  road    distinguished   for    the 


RAIL-KUAD    REPORT.  ]  1 

manufactory  of  iron,  lead,  zinc,  cotton  goods,? to  agriculture   and   manufactures,  that  it 

ami  prove  a  source  of  immense  wealth  toSwill  form  an  important  link  in  a  great  Kail 
the  country.  In  passing  South  from  Cum- c way  line  extending  across  the.  Union  from 
berland  Gap,  you  road  will  pass  through  a;laketo  ocean,  from  Sandusky  and  Chicago, 
gap  in  Poor  Valley  Ridge,  which  has  em-^via.  Cincinnati  and  Louisville,  the  great 
bedded  within  it,  the  most  extensive  veinsccommercikl  centres  of  the  upper  and  lower 
of  dye  stone  iron  ore  in  the  world — it  will^Ohio  valley  converging  at  Lexington,  Ky., 
then  pass  on  into  Powell's  Valley,  one  of)  the  largest  inland  citj  of  the  State,  situa- 
the  most  beautiful  and  productive  in  thected  in  one  of  the  richest  agricultural  dis- 
State,  and  from  thence  South  through  anvtricts  in  the  United  States,  into  one  mighty 
uneven  belt  of  country  some  eight  or  ten  channel  of  commerce  and  travel,  and  from 
miles  wide  through  which  Powell's  river  ;thence  will  pass  on  South  to  Cumberland 
runs.  In  this  section  of  country  are  situated  ^Gap,  for  the  most  part  over  a  continuous 
the  lead  and  zinc  mines  of  Claiborne  county,  ^bed  of  stone  coal.,  and  by  or  near  Goose 
which  are  very  extensive  and  bid  fair  to  be  ;  Creek  Salt  Works,  at  which  point  or  fur- 
very  productive,  and  mus6,  when  fully  de-,-ther  South  at  Bean's  Station,  it  will  send  off 
veloped,  become  objects  of  great  local  and sa great  commercial  artery  to  Norfolk  thro' 
national  importance,  which  will  furnish  r the  Virginia  and  Tennessee  Rail-road  which 
your  road  with  large  amounts  of  freight. — ds  now  finished  to  Bristol  on  the  Tennessee 
Your  Road  will  then  pass  on  south  insline,  and  has  direct  Rail-road  communica- 
Claiborne  county  through  the  gaps  of  a- tion  with  the  Atlantic  seaboard  at  Norfolk, 
succession  of  ridges,  Walden's,  Powell's  Sand  which  in  passing  further  south,  will 
and  Coma,  all  of  which  have  immepsescross  the  East  Tennessee  and  Virginia  Rail 
quantities  of  the  best  iron  ore,  also  in^road  at  Morristown,  44  miles  East  of  Knox- 
Walden's  Ridire  it  will  cross  beds  of  fine;ville,  where  it  will  form  a  communication 
marble  and  mill  stone  rock  in  endlessjwith  the  whole  Southern  system  of  Rail- 
quantity,  then  passing  south  to  Clinch?roads  in  the  direction  of  Nashville,  Mem- 
Mountain  in  the  valley  north  of  said  moun-Sphis,  New  Orleans,  Mobile,  Pensacola,  Sa- 
tain  in  Grainger  county  along  the  line  of?Yannah  and  Norfolk,  and  in  passing  from 
your  Road  are  found  immense  quantities>thence  further  south  to  Ashetille,  N.  C,  it 
of  marble.  Passing  on  south  of  saidWiU  send  off  another  great  commercial  ar- 
mountain  into  the  valley  of  Bean's  Stationary  to  Beaufort  and  Wilmington  on  the 
and  Rogersville  it  will  cross  the  belt  0f>Atlantic  sea  bcard  of  that  State>  and  W>U 
marble  rock  that  leads  East  through  Haw-^thenC8  Pass  on  to  Charleston  on  the  line  of 
kins  county,  which  is  considered  to  be  the>fche-  Greeneville  and  Columbia  Rail-road,  or 
finest  in  the  State,  and  probably  in  the^the  Spartanburg  and  Colnmbia  Rail-road, 
United  States;  the  full  development  of  or  both,  getting  strength  every  step  as  it 
which  must  add  immense  wealth  to  thebadvances  towards  the  harbor  of  Charles- 
country  and  furnish  a  large  amount  of  freightcton,  thereto  distribute  to  the  world  in  pro- 
for  your  Road.  ^fusion,    its  rich  abundance.     Besides  your 

I  shall  next  proceed  to  show  you  the  ne-f.  Road  well  deserves  the  appellation  of  a 
cessity  of  your  Road,  that  it  must  evercMilitary  R»ad,  and  the  fostering  care  of  the 
stand  without  a  rival,  that  no  other  Road)General  Government  in  the  event  that  the 
can  be  constructed  between  Cincinnati  andpeountry  should  become  involved  in  a  san- 
LouLsville  on  the  North,  and  Charleston'guinary  war  with  some  powerful  nation, 
and -Beaufort  on  the  South,  that  can  sup->and  the  enemy  should  be  thrown  upon  your 
plant  if,  either  in  regard  to  distance,  cheap-sAtlantic  shores  and  sea  board  cities  in  for- 
mless of  construction  or  in  capacity  to  de-?midable  numbers,  murdering  and  plunder- 
velop  'ho  large  area  of  country,  and  wiloing  the  defenceless  citizens,and  burning  and 
thereby  give  the  greatest  facilities  to  com-psacking  defenceless  towns  and  cities,  from 
merce  and  travel  and  the  highest  stimulus- what  quarter  could  relief  bo  expected  with 


12  RAIL-ROAD    REPORT. 

more  certaint}*,  and  in  so  short  time   than 'of  Rail-road  between  Cincinnati  and  Charles- 
from  the  hills  and  valleys  ofEastTenncssce,cton  over  the  Blue  Ridge  and  Knoxville  and 
Western  Virginia,  Western  North   Caroli-JJKentucky  Road  of  ninety-four    miles,    the 
na  and  the  State  of  Kentucky.     The  hardy  ^same  proportional  difference  also  appears  in 
yeomanry  along  the  line  of  your  Roa  d  withra  comparison  of  distances  on  the  two  lines 
brave  hearts    would  rush  to    the  relief  of(between  Morristown  and    Charleston,  and 
their  brethren  of  the  South  upon  the  short- 'Knoxville  and  Charleston, 
est  notice,  and  would  make  an  impregnable?     Distance  from  Morristown  to  Charleston, 
bulwark   of  defence    to  the  Southern  sea^"«  Paint  Rock,  Asheville  and  Columbia: 
board ;  if  this    great  Southern  work  werecDistance  from  Morristown  to  Paint 
completed,  which   must   stand  through  all?  Rock,  39  miles 

time  without  formidable    competition, which?     "  "  Paint  Rock  to  Ashe- 

will   appear   obvious  from  a  comparison  of;  ville,  43      " 

the  distances  and  costs  of  your  Road  with?     "  "  Ashevile  to    Colum- 

the  Blue  Ridge  Rail-road,  the  only  line  that?  bia,  100     " 

can  have  the  least  claim  that  way.  "  Columbia  to  Charles- 

Distance  from  Cincinnati  to  Charleston)  ton,  129      " 

via.  Lexington,    Cumberland  Gap,    Morris-')  .  — ~ — 

town,  Paint  Rock,  Asheville  and  Columbia-;  lotal  distance>  871 

Distance      from     Cincinnati     to     Lexing-      Distance  from  Knoxvil!e    to  Charleston, 
ton,  96  miles. ^Anderson  Court-Hcuse  : 

T      .     ,       ,    ■         ,  -Distance  from  Knoxville  to  Anderson  Court 

Lexington  to   Cumber-  tt                                .■„■    .. 

i      in                          ioq  -i                                House                        197  miles 

land  Cap,                     128  miles. ,     u             .     *     i             n 

„      ,     .   "'     „  <                      Anderson    Court 

Cumberland    Can     to  tT„  „    ,    r„     ,     .       _,-„    , 

House  to  Charleston  22a    " 


Morristown,  51  miles.; 

Morristown    to    Paint  C 

Rock,  39  miles.? 

Paint  Rock   to    Ashe- 
ville, 43  miles 

Asheville    to    Colum- 


Total  distance,  422    " 

Making  a  difference  in  favor  of  the  French 
Broad  and  Charleston  liae  over  the  Knox- 
ville and  Rlue  Ridge  Road  of  fifty -one  miles. 

Distance  from    Knoxville  to    Charleston, 
bia,  160  miles/,  •    .v    ■&  „i  m  ■>    it-    •  •     *>    i 

~;      ..  „,  via  the  hast  iennessee  and    Virginia    Rail 

"         Columbia  to   Charles-  'r>     i  x    -»r      ■  *  i    •    t?        i    t>       i 

^Koad  to  Morristown,  and  via  rrench  Broad 

ton»  129  miIes^  valley,  Paint  Rock,  Asheville  and    Colum- 

.  bia. 

Total  distance  from  Cincinna-  'r,-  .     „    r  •       ^         -,,    ,    ir 

t  Distance  from  Knoxville  to  Morns- 
ti  to   Charleston,  646  miles. 

?  town,  44  mucs 


Distance  from    Cincinnati  to  Charleston-' 
via.j  Lexington,    Danville,    Knoxville   and' 
Anderson  Court  House: 
Distance  from  Cincinnati  to  Dan- 


il    Morristown  to  Paint 

Rock,  39 

"   Paint.  Rock  to  Ashe- 
ville, 43 
vilIe-                            f 32  miles.;     «         «  Asheveill  to  Columbia,  100 
Danville  to  Knoxville,  186  miles.  <     «       '    "  Columbia  to   Charles- 
Knoxville  to  Anderson                                          ton                                  129 
Court  House,             197  miles. 


"         Anderson  Court  House  Total  distance,  415.     " 

Charleston,  225  miles. \     Showing  a  difference  of  seven    miles    in 

^  favor  of  the  French  Broad  valley,  Asheville 

Total  distance,  740  miles. 'and  Columbia  line,    even    from- Knoxville, 

The  above   Tables   of  distances  show   a  over  the  Blue  Ridge  &  Knoxville  road, 
difference  of  distance  in  favor  of  your  line'     To  show  you  further  the    importance   of 


RAIL-ROAD    REPORT. 


18 


j  oilr  line  of  road  over  that  of  any    other,  1 
will  add  the  following  table  of  distances: 

Distance  from  Cincinnati  to  Cumberland 
Gap  via  Lexington.  224  miles 

Distance  from  Cumberland  Gap 

to  Morristown,  51     "     ) 

"  "  Morristown  toKnox- 

ville,  44 


"        Petersburg  to  Norfolk,    70  miles. 

'J'otal  distance,  742  miles, 

)     Distance  from  Cincinnati  to  Norfolk   via 
'Cumberland  Gap,  Beans'  Station,    Rogers- 


vilie,  Bristol,   Abingdon  and   the  Virginia. 
and  Tennessee  Rail-road  : 


.  ^ 

Total   distance,  319     "     S 

Distance  from  Cincinnati   to   Knoxville,/ 
via  Danville : 

Distance  from  Cincinnati  to  Dan- 
ville, 132  miles/ 
"  Danville  to  Knoxville,  186     "     5 


^Distance  from   Cincinnati    to   Cumberland 

221  miles. 


Gap, 

Cumberland    Gap  to 

Beans  Station,  on  the  • 

line  of  C.  C.  G.  &  C. 

R.  R.  30  miles. 

Beans  Station  to  Rog- 

ersville,  22  miles. 

Rogersville  to  Bristol,      50  miles. 

Bristol  to  Lynchburg,    204  miles, 

Lynchburg  to  Norfolk,   199  miles* 


Total  distance,         318     "     \ 

Making  a  difference  in   distance    of  only/ 

one  mile  against  your  road,  in  favor  of  the; 

Danville  and  Knoxvill  road.  ^     Total  distance 

distance   fhoji    cincixnati    to    knoxville  /Making  a  difference  of  7   miles  in  favor   of 

via  Cumberland  gap,  powel's  valley,    J>the  line  by  Beans  Station    and  Rogersville, 


r35  miles. 


JACKSBOKOUGn   AND  CLINTON. 


also  giving  it  the   additional   advantage    of 


Jacksborough  via   P. 
Valley, 

Jacksboro'  to  Clinton, 
Clinton  to  Knoxville, 


Distance  from   Cincinnati    to    Cumberland  'passing  along  the  whole  length  of  the  Ilaw- 
Gap,  224  miles,  skins   county    Marble   quarries,   which  are 

41         Cumberland    Gap    to  ^inexhaustable  in  their  nature,  and  the  qual- 

ity of  the  rock  unsurpassed  by  an}'  in  the 
40  miles.  VUnion,    and  which  would    be   capable    of 
20  miles. (furnishing  an  immense   amount   of  freight 
16  miles.  )for  the  Virginia  and  Tennessee    Rail-road, 
sto  supply  the  demands  in  the  Eastern  cit- 
Total  distance,  300  miles.  j;es>  which  will  certainly  constitute   a  very 

Making  a  difference  in  favor  of  the  line  by<strong  motive  for  that  Company  to  adopt 
Cumberland  Gap  via  Powel's  Valley  to<that  line  in  the  extension  0f  their  Road  la 
Knoxville  over  that  via    Danville    of  18  Cumberland  Gap_ 

miles,  which  shows  the  importance  of  the<     Distance  from  Cincinnati  to  Beaufort  via 
Knoxville  and   Kentucky  Railroad    Com-  ^Cumberland  Gap,  Morristown,  Paint  Rock, 
pany  extending  their  line  of  Railroad  thro' 5Ashe7me)  Salsibury  and  Ral  eigh  : 
Powells  Valley   to    Cumberland    Gap  and  Distance  from    Cincinnati   to    Cumberland 


connecting  with  the  line  of  your   road   at 
that  point.  ^ 

Distance  from  Cincinnati  to  Norfolk  via/ 
Cumberland  Gap,  Powels  Valley,  Abing  \> 
don  and  the  Virginia  and  Tennessee  Rail-s 
road  :    '  / 

Distance  from   Cincinnati   to    Cumberland^ 
Gap,  224  miles.  ^ 

"         Cumberland  Gap  to  Ab- 
ingdon via  P.  Valley,    130  miles. ; 
"        Abingdon  to  Lychburg,  189  miles  > 
"         Lynchburg   to    Peters- 


burg, 


Gap,  221  miles* 

"         Cumberland  Gap  to  P., 

Rock,  90  miles', 

"  Paint  Rock  to  Ashville,  43  mile  . 
"         Asheville  to  Salisbury 

via  Lincolnton,  13G  mile  •„ 

"         Salisbury    to     Raleigh 

via  Ashboro,  1 17  mile  •- 

"         Raleigh  to  Beaufort  via 

Waynesboro'  173  mt'es, 

Total  distance,  783  mi'W 

The  above  exhibit  of  tables   of  distun:^' 


120  miles,  show  the   following  to    be    the    respecfiA 


'14-  RAIL-ROAD    REPORT. 

distances  from  Cincinnati  to  Norfolk,  Bu-rville  South    Carolina,    via    Asheville  ana 
fort  and  Charleston  :  3  Morristown     to     Cumberland     Gap — the 

Distance  from  Cincinnati   to   Norfolk   via^Northern  boundary  line  of   the    State    of 
Cumberland  Gap,  Beans  Station,  Rogers-r Tennessee,  which,  for  convenience,  we  will 
ville,  Bristol  and  the  Va.  &  Tennessee   Railpdivide  into  the  following  sections  : 
Road,  735  miles.  C     Sec.  1.  Line  between  Greoneville,    South 

Distance  from  Cincinnati  to  Beaufort,  via^ Carolina  and  Gap  Creek  gap,  thirty  nine 
Cumberland  Gap,  Morristown,  French Jjand  a  half  miles  in  length,  seventeen  and  a 
Broad  Valley,  &c,  783  miles,  (half  of  which  are  through  the  mountains. 

From  Cincinnati  to  Charleston,  via  Cum--5     Total  cost  of  road    from    Greencville  to 
berland  Gap,    Morristown,    French  Broad)Gap  creek  gap,  $1,819,392. 
Valley.  &c,  646  miles.  c     Average  cost  per  mile  $46,000;  maximum 

Cincinnati  to  Charleston,    via   Danville^grade  70  feet  per  mile — no  tunneling  neces- 
Knoxville  and  Blue   Ridge  Railroad,    740;sary. 
miles.  ?     See  late  Report  of  G.  E.    "Walker,    Chief 

Which  places  Charleston  by  the  Cumbcr-/Engineer. 
land  Gap  and  French  Broad  Valley   route,)     Sec.  2.  This  section  embraces  the   Blue 
89  miles  nearer  Cincinnati    and  Louisville?Ridgein  North  Carolina  from  Butt  mountain 
than  Norfolk,  and  137   miles    nearer  tban>via  Pacolet  river;  distance  19  miles. 
Beaufort,  and  five  miles  further   from  Cin-^Total  cost  of  construction,       $1,240,700 
cinnati  by   the    Danville,    Knoxville  and?     Average  cost  per  mile  $64,890,  no  tunnel, 
Blue  Ridge  Railroad,  making  Charlestonwinaximum  grade  73  feet  per  mile;  see  report 
by  the  Cumberland  Gap,    Morristown  and^of  G.  W.  Peak,  chief  engineer. 
French  Broad  Valley    route,   the  nearest?     See.  3.  This  section  of  the  line  is  situated 
commercial  point  possible  from  Cincinnati)  between  the  Blue  Ridge  and  Paint  Rock, 
and  Louisville,  on  the  Atlantic  or  Gulf  sea-?and  situated  in  the  French   Broad    Valley, 
board  and  five  miles  further    than  Norfolk  where  the  work  will  be  quite  light.- 
by  the  way  of  Danville,  Knoxville  and  BlueS     Distance  about    55    miles,    dost    about 
Ridge  Railroad,  a  fact  well  worth  the  notice($20,000  per  mile.  Total  cost,  $1,100,000  00 
of  the  city  of  Charleston    and    the   whole?     Sec.  4.  Embraces  that   portion    of  said 
State  of  South  Carolina,  and  with  a  knpwl-bline  in  Tennessee,  between  Paint  Rock  and 
edge  of  this  fact  will  the  city  of  Charleston? Cumberland  Gap,  distance  90  miles,    maxi- 
yield  this  incalculable  advantage   in   con-jmupi  grade  68  feet  per  mile,  and  curvature, 
trolling  a  large  portion  of  the  commerce  oKlOOO  feet  radius.     Total  cost  $2,000,000. 
:the  world  to  so  formidable  a.  rival,  and  one^  RECAPITULATION, 

who  is  now  fully  awake  to  her   own   com-)Total  cost  of  road  in    South    Carolina  39* 
mercial  aggrandizement  after  a   period    of;  miles,  $1,819,392 

inactivity  that  nearly  proved  fatal    to   her      "         "  of  road [in  North  Car- 

■,-,.    r     t  -i      „,      i"    ii,„B»i  ohna,  74 miles,  j,,6±i),tw 

political  and  commercial  power  by  the  pol-j     „         M  of  ^  .Q    Tennessee, 

icy    of  her  more    thoughtful  neighbors   ofs     between  p.  Rock  and  C.    Gap, 

the  North.  j     90  miles.  2,000,000 

I  shall  now  proceed  to  treat  of  the  second^  n~ 

partof  this  subject,  to  wit :  The  cheapness.     Total  cost  of  line,  $6,lbO,UJ. 

of  construction  of  your    line    of    Railroad,)     Let  it  be  remembered  that  no   where  has 

which  will  compare  in    this    respect   even  a  Railroad  been  made  across  the  Blue  Ridge. 

more  favorably,    than    its    advantages    in  with  so  small  cost  and    so    favorable  curva- 

regard  to  distance,  with  its    only   seeming^tures  and  grades-the  Baltimore  and  Ohio 

rival— I  mean  the  Blue  Ridge  and  Knoxville^road— one  of  the  first  in   importance-has 

and  Kentucky  Railroad  route.     The  folio w-k  grade  of  116  feet  to  the  mile  in  the  moun- 

ing  are  the  estimates  of  cost  of  the   French  Jtain  section  for  the  distance  of  15  miles  in 

Broad  valley  line  of  Railroad,   from  Greene-  (succession— the  Nashville  and  Chattanooga 


EA1T.-ROA.10    REPum,  15 

Railroad  has  a  grade  of  106  feet  per  mile, tfully  aroused  to  a;  sense  of  Effe  importance 

across  the  Cumberland  mountains.  Sof  controlling  a  part   of  the  trade    of  the 

Cost  of  Blue  Ridge  and  Knoxville  andjMisslssippi  Valley,  after  living  to  see  the 
Kentucky  Railroad  :  tfolly  of  delay  and  this  vast  stream   of  corn- 

Cost  of  Blue  Ridge  and  Knoxville  Railroad, Smerce,  diverted  from  its  accustomed  chan- 
^  197  miles,  $7,388,854jnels  in  the    South   and  flowing  into  the 

See  Report  of  President  and  Directors  ofrNorth  Eastern  cities,  causing  them  to  grow 
said  road,  Nov.  22,  1856.  <as  by  enchantment,  and  their  coffers  lo  fill 

Knoxville  and  Kentucky  Railroad  be-Jup  to  over  flowing,  which  has  been  accom- 
tween  Knoxville  and  Kentucky  line.  Splished  in  a  few  years  by  the  vast  Railroad 

Cost  of  1st  division  of  30  miles,      $900,000^and  canal  enterprises  built  at  immense  cost 
Cost  of  2nd  division  of  33  miles,      930.000?and  extending  to  the  mighty   Mississippi, 

Which  have  in  the  same  ratio  impoverished 

Total  cost  of  K.&Ky  line,  $l,830,000jand    dilapidated   our  Southern   sea  board 

Total  cost  of  Blue  Ridge  &  Knoxville  &>cities.  In  view  of  these  facts,  would  not 
Kentucky  road  to  the  Kentucky  line  $9,21&rSthe  policy  of  buildingthe  Blue  Ridge  and 
8o*-  ^Knoxville  Railroad  to  the  neglect   of  that 

Jhe  difference  of  cost  of  ths  above  Rail-)part  of  the   Cincinnati,     Cumberland    Gap 
road  lines  is  $3,058,762  or  33  per  cent  in  fe.Jand  French  Broad  Valley  Railroad    situated 
vor  of  Cincinnatti,  Cumberland  Gap,  French?in  her  border,  be  considered  a  monument  of- 
Broad  valley,  and  Charleston   line,  a  differ  folly  through   all    time    to  come    against 
ence  equal  to  the  entire  appropriation   ands which  the   ghost   of  the   immortal    Hayne 
loan  of  South  Carolina  and  the  subscription?would  rise  up  and  protest  most  solemnly 
of  the  city  of  Charleston,  to  the  Blue  RidgeS     The  State  of  Virginia  has  already  push- 
road,  all  of  which  might  be     expended  in  the^ed  her  central  Railroad  to  the  East  Tennes- 
construction  of  said    Blue  Ridge  Railroad^see  Valley,  which  is  but  the  dawn  of  her 
and  when  done  would  be   no    nearer  com-^commercial  greatness,   she  has  fully  deter- 
pletion  than  the  French    Broad  valley  line  mined  on  the  extension  of  her  system   o 
is  now  and  should  the   city  of  Charleston  Railroads  to  Cumberland  Gap,  and  there  to 
and  State  of  South   Carolina  incre.se  their  form  a  Railroad  connection  with  Cincinnati 
stock :  and  loans  to  double  the  present  amounted  Louisville  through  the  Kentucky  Union 
which  they  will  be  called  upon  to  do  beforejRailroad,  and  there  through   Railroads    in 
said  road  is  bunt  unless   abandoned  and  in  operation    with    Chicago,     Sandusky    St 
the  course  of  years  it  should  be  finished,; Louis  and  the    whole  South  West.     Cum- 
and  at  he  same  time  discourage  and  defeat  berland  Gap  will  soon  be  reached   by  her 
he bui  dmgof  the  French  Broad  valley  line  line  of  Railway  West,  havingonly  the  link 
1        •      t'  t  WlU  ^   Sai»ed-t^  between  Bristol  and  that  point  to   make 

completion  of  a  mighty  enterprise,  with  a? which  will  leave  the  only  remaining  link' 
proportionate  waste  of  money,  costing  as  it~;i28  miles,  between  Cumberland  G™  and 
will  per  cent  more  than  any  other  line,  Cincinnati  and  Louisville  unfinished  wkS£ 
and.oiming  a  connection  between  Char- no  doubt,  will  soon  be  in  progress  of  con 
SiCi:r!  -^ouisville  94struction.  The  corporation  of  those  two 
miles  far  her     han    any  other  route,   audacities  with  the  counties  on  the  line  of  said 

STJiSS  of6/? 7  *T '  ^H*"^  buM  ^VPor«onSaof 
sho-t'e runelat  '  1.  '  ^  ^T^  "  a  ^  short  ^     The   State  of 

snorter  hne  that  wdl  pass  more  centrally  North  Carolina,  too,  is  pressing  forward 
fcroughthe  State .yielding  the  advantage- with  her  Railroads  ^STtet^S 
ous  position  which  distance  gives  them  in  Tennessee  Valley  from  Beaufort  and  TO- 
controlling  a  large  share   of  the   commerce  mington  to  connect  with  your  R ilLd     t 

rivals  Norfolk  and  Beaufort,  which  are  nowjnection  with  the  Ohio  Valley,  and  share  a 


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proportional  pari  of  the  rich   commerce  of;  them  to  grow  populous  opulent  and  pow- 
the  wide  extended  west.  Serful  and  in  the  same  proportion  decrease, 

It  is  hardly    probable  that  the  city  oDpauperize  and  diminish  the   power  and  in- 
Charleston  and  the  State  of  South  Caroliua,fluence  0f  their  own, 

with  this  immense  natural  advantage  of  po-?  t  naTe  thus  given  you  a  brief  history  of 
sition,  the  great  commercial  center  of  this^your  roA^  jts  condition,  future  prospects, 
vast  interior,  being  within  646  miles  of  ana  claims  over  all  others  having  the  same 
Cincinnati,  89  miles  nearer  than  Norfolk>termini,  the  character  of  the  country 
and  137  nearer  than  Beaufort  by  the  Cum-^hr0ugh  which  it  will  pass,  its  effects  upon 
berland  Gap  and  French  Broad  valley  Eail-Sthe  country,  as  a  great  national  highway 
road  route,  and  within  740  miles  by  thej^nd  have  been  forced  to  vindicate  its  mer- 
Blue  Ridge  and  Knoxville  route,  five  miles)its  in  regard  to  distance  and  eost,.  by  the 
further  than  Norfolk  and  only  43  miles^aspersions  and  misrepresentation  of  others 
nearer  than  Beaufort  will  surrender  this^without  any  invidious  feeling  towards  them, 
power  inherent  in  their  possession  to  con-^and  from  the  facts  before  me  feel  assured 
trol  the  main  channel  of  this  immense^hat  success  will  crown  your  efforts, 
southern  trade,  turn  it  from  their  own  har-^  M.  CARRIGER,  Pretf.-, 

bour  into  the  lap   of  sister  cities,   cause1)  Cm.,-  Gam.  Gap  &  Charleston  Rail  Road. 


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